Mahmood Mamdani’s latest book, ‘Neither Settler nor Native’ asks a political question: Rights for whom?
Families were forcibly removed during apartheid and this dispossession has not been rectified during democracy
In shaping Africa’s universities we should take the best from two examples: Dar and Makerere
The South African lesson has guided African practice in difficult situations. In Mozambique Renamo sits in Parliament instead of in jail.
The similarities between Iraq and Darfur are remarkable. The estimate of the number of civilians killed over the past three years is roughly similar. The killers are mostly paramilitaries, closely linked to the official military, which is said to be their main source of arms. The victims, too, are by and large identified as members of groups, rather than targeted as individuals.